Thieves Guild Quest: No Stone Unturned

Thieves Guild Quest: No Stone Unturned

Prerequisites: None

Intersecting Quests: Dark Brotherhood Quest: With Friends Like These, Dark Brotherhood Quest: Destroy the Dark Brotherhood!, Main Quest: Diplomatic Immunity, Thieves Guild City Influence Quest: Silver Lining.

Reward: Perk: Prowler’s Profit (vastly increases chances of finding gems in dungeons), The crown is displayed on the shelf behind Mercer Frey’s desk.

A Crowning Achievement

During your adventures, you may stumble upon an odd-looking but possibly extremely valuable gemstone. This particular valuable stands out from the rest and is called an Unusual Gem, or the Stones of Barenziah. When you get a gem, the quest immediately starts. You are told to “Bring the gem to an appraiser.” Walking into RIften, you might see this scary guy who calls out to you (Maul I think?). He may or may not be in a biker gang. Either way, after talking to him, you are instructed to bring the gem to Vex, of the thieves guild. Ask her what the gem is worth and her response? Nothing! The gem is worth very little by itself and it usually collected as an oddity. The gem is only worthwhile when collected along with its’ 23 siblings and joined back into the Crown of Barenziah. After you find all the gems, Vex tells you that the crown itself (unjeweled, but whole) is in a place called Tolvald’s Cave, southwest of Riften. It’s infested with wild animals, Falmer, and Chaurus. Battle to Tolvald’s Crossing and move into a large, dead-end chamber. There’s a refuse pile at the end of the path that winds to the right, just after the waterfall; sort through the pile for the crown.

Crown Locations:

Location – Details - Prerequisite

Solitude (Prospire Manor) – In the master bedroom of Proudspire Manor – Proudspire Manor purchased

Solitude (Blue Palace) – On a shelf in Jarl Elisif the Fair’s quarters

Thalmor Embassy – In the Reeking Cave (the escape route from the interrogation room) behind the Frost Troll and under the overhang you jump off of – During or after Main Quest: Diplomatic Immunity

Dainty Sload – On a small table in the Captain’s Quarters of the Dainty Sload, moored near Solitude

College of Winterhold – On a shelf in the arch-Mage’s Quarters

Yngvild – In the Throne Room area of Yngvild, in the chamber behind the throne

Hob’s Fall Cave – In the necromancers’ sleeping area

Markarth (Treasury House) – On a nightstand next to the bed in the master bedroom

Markarth (Understone Keep) – On a table in a locked side room of the Dwemer Museum

Dead Crone Rock – On a makeshift altar at Dead Crone Rock

Whiterun (Jorrvaskr) – In Kodlak Whitemane’s bedroom

Whiterun (Hall of the Dead) – In one of the wall crypts at the foot of a skeleton

Whiterun (Dragonsreach) – In the Jarl’s bedroom area of the Jarl’s Quarters

Ranneveig’s Fast – On a table near the watery prison within Renneveig’s Fast

Fellglow Keep – On a counter in the workroom at the top of the front foyer

Windhelm (House of Clan Shatter-Shield) – In a bedroom of the shatter-Shield home

Windhelm (Palace of the Kings) – On a table in Wuunferth the Unliving’s quarters

Stony Creek Cave – In the Bandit Wizard’s cavern in Stony Creek Cave

Ansilvund – Near Fjori’s ghost in the burial chambers of Ansilvund

Sunderstone Gorge – On the altar in front of the Word Wall

Dark Brotherhood Sanctuary – On the dresser in Astrid’s room – During or after the Dark Brotherhood Quest: With Friends Like These or Dark Brotherhood Quest: Destroy the Dark Brotherhood!

Pinewatch – In a locked treasure room in the Pinewatch Bandit Sanctuary

Riften (Mistveil Keep) – in the Jarl’s Chambers in Mistveil Keep, on the bedside table

The Rift (Black-Briar Lodge) – In the upstairs master bedroom of the Black-Briar Lodge